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[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 months ago

Obama has absolutely absurd charisma. He's the Democrat version of Trump - knows exactly what to say to his base and knows how to convince moderates he's not insane.

Clinton and Biden have the charisma of a limp noodle. Sanders has absurd charisma, but he's seen as too big of a threat to Democrat lobbyists and big corporations.

Sanders would've mopped the floor with Trump because he would've actually been able to grab the 18-44 demographic (which last saw peaks in 1992 Clinton/Gore and 2008 Obama/Biden, both to unseat a Republican and, coincidentally, a Bush).

Sanders would have been able to avoid the collapse in turnout from working-class Black people in 2016.

Sanders would've stopped the increasing right-wing radicalization of the youth of America, or provided a counterweight for left-wing economic radicalization.

The US federal elections are basically a pony show and the DNC doesn't know how to play the game without throwing out their playbook.

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[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

In the democratic West, if you interrupt your leader you are locked up and imprisoned.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 21 points 8 months ago

Freedom of speech and the right to protest are when you get arrested for shouting at the person responsible for the death of your son.

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[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

US news, but a public safety warning. Stay healthy, everyone!

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 50 points 8 months ago

"the Chinese"

Not China (the country), not the PRC (the country), but "the Chinese."

Because that's what the US ambassador thinks of Chinese people.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago

There's record of ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon playing a role in orchestrating the coup. Tell me more about how America isn't intervening in foreign democracies.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 months ago

Putin propaganda like "Canadian MPs clapped for a Nazi," which definitely didn't happen.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 35 points 9 months ago

The US wanted to strike Iranian targets without retaliation in order to not lose face globally. Tehran says no. If I were serving on a US military base in the Middle East, I'd be looking for ways to take leave because things are about to get hot.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago

I mean I too would not be happy about a two-state solution with a "state" that's releasing snuff films of my people.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 69 points 9 months ago

Nobody wants to enter into a hot war with the US. Without Western support, Israel would be in a pickle right now.

Egypt lashes out at "extremist Israeli leaders" after Netanyahu says IDF must seize Gaza-Egypt buffer zone

Hezbollah Hits IDF Airbase in Northern Israel for Second Time in Two Weeks

Iran’s IRGC says 5 members killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Damascus

Jordan accuses Israel of deliberately targeting its Gaza field hospital

Israel has comprehensively pissed off all of its neighbours. It knows it can get away with it too, because daddy US will always be there to support them.

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago

North Korea supporting the side committed to ending illegal Israeli occupation and genocide, let's go!

[-] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

Perfectly normal thing for independent media to do in support of a healthy democracy.

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